Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,364, Samuel Gavett, Mass.

SERVICE
SERVICE mass.
Garrett, Samuel
NUMBER _____
S, 34.364
CONTENTS

3,845
New Jersey.
Samuel Gault, Capt Super private, Massachusetts line 1777/78, by name, in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey, at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Oct. 1818, and sent to William S. Pennington Esq., Newark, N. Jersey.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818, Amnt 2 3/4 38. 66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48. 00
86.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Rahway, Essex County, Continued
Publication sent to William Pennington 21 Sep 1820 Newark N.J.

Samuel Garetts
Declaration -
John C.
Marshals Dist.
Mass. Dist.
complain Admitted
Further evidence necessary to show he served the 9 months required by the law viz: the Constitution
Army War Dept. Paw. Off. 13 May 1818

District of New Jersey ss.
On this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the circuit courts of the United States in and for said district. — personally appears Samuel Gavett aged seventy four years, resident in Rahway in said district, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". That he the said Samuel Gavett enlisted in the town of Freehold in the state of New Jersey in the month of May A.D. 1777. — in Captain Spers company in the tenth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Heath  Heath , that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until the end of the war in the year 1783, when he was discharged in the state of New York not far from West Point. — That he was in no important battles, but chiefly attached to front and garrison duties. That he is in very reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service. —
Sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Gavett
William Pennington District Judge
I William S Pennington Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Gavett did serve in the revolutionary

war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the testimony and proceedings taken and had before me, to the secretaries of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress.
Done at New Ark in said district this 10- day of April 1818.
William Pennington
I Mr Pennington Clerk of the District Judge of New Jersey do certify that the signatures to this instrument are the proper hand writing of William S. Pennington Esq d Judge of the United States District Court, for the District of New Jersey.
In witness my hand and the Seal of the said District Court at New Ark this tenth day of April A.D. 1818.
Wm Pennington
I William Pennington District Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District, do certify, that from the examination of a Respectable Judge of the Common Pleas of the County of Essex under oath, and also from a certificate of one of the Overseers of the Poor of the Township of Elizabeth in said County, I am satisfied that the forenamed applicant Samuel Goret is in reduced cir- -cumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support the 10th Dec r 1818 William Pennington District Judge

Samuel Gault -
3845
Rahway
continue
Oct 18
Mar 19

At a Special Court of the District Court of the District of } United States in & for the New Jersey District held New Jersey, } at New Ark in & for said District Present the Hon ble William S. Pennington District Judge. On this thirteenth day of July, 1820
Personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said district Samuel Gavett aged Seventy Seven years since the twentieth of May Last Old Style resident in the Township of Rahway in said District who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In May 1777 he enlisted in Captain Soper's Company Colonel Marshall's Regiment and General Paterson's Brigade and that he continued in said Company until the year 1783 that the Original Declaration received the Seal of the District  County Court on the tenth day of April 1818 and the number of his Certificate is 3845 —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818". And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed —

Schedule containing all my personal Estate (Necessary Clothing and Bedding excepted) (Real Estate I Have none) One Old Table, One Old Desk Six Old Chairs. Three Pots and Kettles, a few Shoemakers Tools. two Dozen Old Lasts. four Parthen Plates two White Plates two Cups and Saucers Three Table Spoons & three Tea Spoons. four Knives & Forks, One Hog and Six fowls.
And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Shoe Maker but by reason of Old age being Burst and having the Rheumatism I am almost entirely disabled from doing any thing at my occupation: My Wife. Alice is Seventy two Years old and is a good deal troubled with the Rheumatism and by her advanced age rendered unable to do much work; My Wife has a Grand Child who lives with us named Benjamin Clark aged Nine Years his Mother is Deceased as is also the Father who left no property and left the Child dependant on me for support We have no other person belonging to our family We have for some time before I drew a pension been helped by Public Charity but with my pension I rent a small tenement for twenty five Dollars per Annum and tend a Garden and by using strict Economy we live in a degree comfortable but should my pension be stopped we must inevitably fall victims to Public Charity.
Sworn to and Declared the 13 th day of July in open Court before William S Pennington District Judge
on the his Samuel X. Garrett mark

I William Pennington clerk of the District Court of the United States for the New Jersey District do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Sche- dule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty five Dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 27 th day of July A.D. 1921.
Wm Pennington

34364
Rev INVALID.
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File No. 34,864
Samuel Garet
Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Ephraim Boome of Troy in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, of lawful age to give evidence do testify & say, That I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and that I was acquainted with Samuel Gattis while in said service, That to the best of my knowledge he enlisted in the service of the United States against the then Common Enemy Some time in 1777, And I saw him several times in the course of the war doing duty as a Soldier and I further say from the my recollection of seeing him the said Gattis from time to time for three years While I was in the service at that point and that section of the country, have No reason to doubt his having service in Service of the United States at least three Years,
Ephraim Boome
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. Troy September 25 th 1818 Then Personally appeared the above named Ephraim Boome and after being duly cautioned & examined, made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid deposition by him subscribed. Before me -
Joseph Read Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I hereby certify that Joseph E. Read Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Bristol aforesaid duly and legally qualified to exercise there his power the duties of said office and that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said County. Attest: Jas. Sprague Clerk of the Inferior Courts Bristol ss
22 10 18 19

I, Elijah W. Reed of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol and state of Massachusetts of full age to give evidence to testify and declare
that while in the revolutionary war I became acquainted with Samuel Gavit, - that I served three years in Capt. Soper's company, in the tenth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Marshall, that the said Samuel Gavit, to my own knowledge, served in the same company during the three years aforesaid, that I have never seen him since that time until the present, when he called on me for this deposition - but from the acquaintance I then gained with him, I am positive of this being the same man - and further the deponent saith not.
Elijah W. Reed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Bristol, ss. Westport Sep. 21. 1818 - Then personally appeared the above named Elijah W. Reed, and after being duly cautioned, examined - made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid deposition by him subscribed before me
Hon. B. Gifford Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber having lived a neighbor to the aforesaid Elijah W. Reed for the fifteen years last past - and being well acquainted with him - do state that he sustains a good moral character, and that I never heard the least said against his credibility.
Hon. B. Gifford Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss
I hereby certify that Abner B. Gifford Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken and who has taken the Caption by him signed is a Justice of the peace within and for the county of Bristol, duly and legally qualified to exercise & perform the duties of said office - and that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said county
Attest James Sprague Clerk of the Inferior Court Bristol Co

Josiah Smith of Wareham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts do testify and declare that while in the revolutionary army of the United States I became acquainted with Samuel Gavit who served with me in Capt. Dyer's Company in the tenth Massachusetts Regiment com- manded by Col. Thomas Marshall for the space of three years as a private soldier that he joined the company at Stillwater in the State of New York in the year 1777 and contin- ued in the same, and doing duty as a good and orderly soldier until it was thought proper to confer on me a commission and transfer me to another Regiment which was somewhere about three years from the time of said Gavit's enlist- ment and that I also knew him after I had been made an officer to be doing duty as a soldier in different situations and different capacities until sometime in the early part of the year of our Lord 1783—and that I never heard of any misconduct of which the said Gavit was guilty during his term of service, but do overly believe from the uniform tenor of his con- duct that he must have been honorably discharged at or near the close of the war from the army. Josiah Smith Lieut. v never...
Abner D. Gifford Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Wareham Sept r 28 1818
Then personally appeared the within named Josiah Smith and after being duly and cautioned & examined made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid deposition by him subscribed before me
Benj m Bourne { Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber having lived a neighbor to the aforesaid Josiah Smith and being well acquainted with him do state that he sus- tains a good character not only in point of moral conduct but for credibility and veracity —
Benj m Bourne { Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth
I hereby certify that Benjamin Bourne Esquire before named is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth duly qualified to administer oaths and take depositions that the signature to the foregoing certificates is the true signature of the said justice and that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of the Courts in said County of Plymouth
Mo B Thomas - Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County of Plymouth
Abner D. Gifford Justice of the Peace